Edmond de Rothschild REIM has appointed Max Grafmüller as director of the real estate debt team in Frankfurt. He will be responsible for Loan Execution and Portfolio Management.
He was previously debt finance manager at DIC Asset AG, where he was responsible for sourcing and executing loans with a volume of around €1.2 bn. Before that he was a Loan Asset manager at Hatfield Philips (now Situs) in charge of several European markets.
Léo Béchet has also joined the team. As associate director, he will be part of the Loan Origination and Execution team.
He joins from Corestate, where he held the position of vice president Debt Finance, and worked to facilitate financing for co-living and student housing in Spain. He was jointly responsible for setting up the Real Estate Integrated sector at BNP Paribas.
Edmond de Rothschild REIM had recently raised €250 mln for its European real estate debt strategy. It focuses on providing whole-loan and mezzanine financing, as well as selective preferred equity for investors in the European markets.